Rail-joint.



P. MFUNOS.

HAIL WINT.

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vPatented Jan. 2, 19H.

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INVENTOH WITNESSES ATTORNEY :mamen Wilesses MTOHNEY PETER J'. FONOS, 0FNEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom t may] concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER J. FoNos,

citizen of the United States, residing at New Richmond, in the county ofSt. Croix and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a.speelfication.

My invention relates to railway rail joints and more particularly torail jolnts of the type includingr complemental interlocking railterminals or ends.

`An object of the invention 'is to generally improve railway railconstruction whereby the splice or joint may be made rigid and secureagainst both lateral and vertical strain.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved andsimplified retaining means for relea-sably locking the rail ends inengagement one with the other.

I still further contemplate an improved means whereby the retainingelement may be fastened or secured.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings,described in the fol' lowing specification and then more particularlypointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part ofthis application.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of my improved rail joint, thecomplementalor interlocking rail terminals having been separated, and the retainingelement and locking means removed; Fig. 2 is an end view of one of themeeting rails, the retaining element and lock means being shown 'insection; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the parts constituting the railjoint being shown in assembled relation.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals, 1-1 designates the respectiveinterlocking railway rails, 2 as an entirety the retaining element and 3as an entirety the fastening means whereby the retaining element is heldin place.

' rlhe base flange portion of each rail 1 is cut at an acute angle tothe longitudinal axis of the rail or as indicated at 4, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

angular faces of the respective rails being adapted for abuttingengagement in the Patented Jan. 2, 1917. j

Application led August 25, 1915. Serial No. 47,290.

assembled position of the rail-joint parts.

The web and tread portion of each rail is likewise cut at an acute angleto the longitudinal axis of the rail, the angle however extendingoppositely and transversely of the angle of the base flange, yet in suchrelation thereto as to cause the angular faces designated 5 to engagewhen the angular faces 4 shall have been engaged in themanner stated.

By the rail construction above noted it is evident that a portion of theweb and tread of one of the rails 1 will overlap a portion of the baseflange of the other of the said rails when the said rails shall havebeen forced into locking relation. It will be further observed that bythe overlapping arrangement above noted both lateral and verticaldisplacement is prevented and the rail terminals are held in alinedrelation so long as the abutting engagement is maintained. Theengagement of the angular faces 4 4 and 5-5 will preclude lateraldisplacement of the rails l while the engagement between the overlappingportions of the respective rails will preclude vertical displacement.

Openings 6 are formed in the rails 1 adjacent the ends thereof, theopenings of one rail being adapted for registration with thev openingsin the complemental rail to provide, when thus registered, continuousopenings through which pins 7 are adapted to pass. The said pins 7 aremade integral with a retaining plate 8 and with the said plate theyconstitute the retaining means 2.' Vhen the rail terminals are fastenedin abutting relation, the said plate 8 is adapted for engagement withthe web portion of the respective rails 1 to provide in effect a fishplate of an accepted or common design. Each retaining pin 7 is providedwith a transverse opening 9 adjacent its free end. The purpose of thementioned above.

Locking pins 12 are made integral with the i mentioned lplate 10 toextend longitudinally of the apertures 11, the -said vpins 12. in theassembled relation ofthe rail-joint parts, being adapted for litti'ngengagement with the openings 9 of the retaining pins 7 noted A head 13is formed at one end of the plate 10 that the said late may be movedlongitudinally of the rai way rails 1-in assemblin in effect a ish plateof an accepted design.

Inassembling the parts constituting my improved rail joint, the railsl.1 are first placed in lalined relation and moved into engagingproximity or until the angular faces 4 4 and 5-5 abut. Movement of therails 1 in the 'manner stated will cause the openings 6 within therespective rails to alinebrought into. place, the lretaining pins 7fitting the openings 6 .and the plate 10 abut- -ting .the interlocking rrails.

The said'element 2'will preclude longitudinal movement or separation ofthe rails. The parts having been thus assembled t lis but necessary thatthe locking means 3 be placed properly With respect to`tl1e retainingpins 7 in order that the rails 1 may be efectually joined. In arrangingthe plate 10 properly against the rails 1, said plate is so positionedrelatively to the retaining pins 7 as to it the said pins 7 in theapertures 11. When thus positioned, the plate 10 is moved longitudinallyof the rails until the locking pins 12 shall have passed through theopenings 9 in which event the rails areproperly and eiectually joined.

rand disassembling the rail-joint -v parts'. ,said plate 10, like theplate 8 forms The retaining element 2 is next` In reduction to practice,Ihave -found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawingsand referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment,1s the most eiiicient and practical; yetl realizing that the conditionsAconcurrent withthe adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desireto emphasize the fact that. various vminor changes in details ofconstruction,

proportion and arrangement .of parts.l may be resorted to', whenrequired, wit-hout sacriicing any of theadvantages of my invention, .5 6

as defined in the appended claim'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In a rail joint, rails having their meeting base ianges cut .at an acuteangle to ',the longitudinal axis of the rail, and their tread and webportion cut at a corresponding angle in an opposite direction, todispose the railterminals in overlapping relation, trans-

